Auburn Football

The Auburn football pay-for-play scandal may turn college football on its ear and lead to heavy NCAA punishment. But this latest Auburn football scandal will also provide plenty of fodder for satire and humor. Just ask Orlando Sentinel political cartoonist Dana Summers, who is leading the satirical charge with his latest cartoon. The cartoon takes the reader inside the Auburn football locker room, where the coach points out a play on the blackboard that features Os and dollar signs.

Marcus Rowland has been thinking about the world record a lot lately. Sitting in the stands at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., site of the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials in 2008, he watched Tyson Gay run a 9.68-second 100-meter dash. It was wind-aided, so it missed the record books. And this was when Jamaica's Usain Bolt was just starting to become a flash, so the time wouldn't have stood for long anyway. But there it was, the fastest anyone had ever run the 100-meter dash at that time, and Rowland got to see it up close.

A manhunt is underway for the suspect police say shot and killed three young men and injured three more at a Saturday night party near Auburn University in Auburn, Ala. Former Auburn football players and current students Edward Christian and Ladarious Phillips were pronounced dead along with Auburn resident Damario Pitts. All were 20. Current player Eric Mack, 20, was still being treated at an area hospital, and John Robertson, 20, was "fighting for his life" and undergoing critical surgery at the University of Alabama-Birmingham , Auburn Police Chief Tommy Dawson said at a Sunday news conference.

Its been a busy week for Auburn coach Gene Chizik. Wednesday he was in Washington D.C. to visit President Obama and take part in a ceremony honoring the Tigers’ 2010 BCS national championship. Now, comes word that the third-year coach will receive a pay raise as part of a new contract extension. The school announced Friday that Chizik will be paid $3.5 million dollars annually. He previously was making $2.2 million a year. His new extension will keep him at the school through 2015.

al.com is reporting that two former Auburn football players were shot to death and one current player was hospitalized following a Saturday night shooting at an apartment complex near the campus, according to two people familiar with the incident. Two other people, perhaps more, may have been shot. The Auburn police department will hold a news conference later today to discuss the details. Read the full report on al.com

The devastating shooting in Arizona took place just two hours away from the site of Monday Night’s BCS National Championship game, which will play host to Auburn football and the University of Oregon football team. According to report from the New York Times, a moment of silence will be held to honor those impacted by the Tuscon shooting. “Obviously, the horrible incident has been discussed by the people in charge of maintaining security for our game,” Fiesta Bowl spokesman Andy Bagnato said.

Auburngate hysteria continues to build in this football-crazed state, and with Sunday's expected release of tapes that former Auburn football player Eric Ramsey says will implicate coach Pat Dye, the ongoing saga of racism and corruption is destined to veer out of control.Already, Ramsey has produced tapes that seem to reveal boosters and assistant coaches paid him during his days as a defensive back at Auburn, from 1987 to '90. He also has accused Auburn athletic officials of racism.The last straw could be the Dye tapes, which Ramsey's lawyer, Donald Watkins, promises will be shocking.

AUBURN, Ala. — Gene Chizik has the national championship to match the SEC's top coaches. Now he has the contract. On the heels of its 2010 BCS national title, Auburn announced a raise and extension for Chizik on Friday that will pay the Tigers' third-year head coach $3.5 million annually through 2015. With incentives Chizik can make as much as $4.5 million a year. Chizik, who is 22-5 in two years at Auburn and earned numerous coach of the year honors last season after guiding the Tigers to a 14-0 record, is now the fourth highest-paid coach in the SEC, behind Alabama's Nick Saban, LSU's Les Miles and Arkansas' Bobby Petrino.

Don't forget our mailbag Friday From the "Talks Too Much" studios, here we go... Heat on the brink Much-maligned Miami star LeBron James was not on the floor at the end of the Heat's 104-98 Game 4 win Wednesday. The cramps and pain in his legs had left him barely standing on the Miami bench in the final minute. What he left on the court in his 44 minutes of play was every bit as noticeable and noteworthy as his absence in the end. James was a rebound shy of a triple-double (26 points, nine rebounds, 12 assists)

A manhunt is underway for the suspect police say shot and killed three young men and injured three more at a Saturday night party near Auburn University in Auburn, Ala. Former Auburn football players and current students Edward Christian and Ladarious Phillips were pronounced dead along with Auburn resident Damario Pitts. All were 20. Current player Eric Mack, 20, was still being treated at an area hospital, and John Robertson, 20, was "fighting for his life" and undergoing critical surgery at the University of Alabama-Birmingham , Auburn Police Chief Tommy Dawson said at a Sunday news conference.

al.com is reporting that two former Auburn football players were shot to death and one current player was hospitalized following a Saturday night shooting at an apartment complex near the campus, according to two people familiar with the incident. Two other people, perhaps more, may have been shot. The Auburn police department will hold a news conference later today to discuss the details. Read the full report on al.com

AUBURN, Ala. — Gene Chizik has the national championship to match the SEC's top coaches. Now he has the contract. On the heels of its 2010 BCS national title, Auburn announced a raise and extension for Chizik on Friday that will pay the Tigers' third-year head coach $3.5 million annually through 2015. With incentives Chizik can make as much as $4.5 million a year. Chizik, who is 22-5 in two years at Auburn and earned numerous coach of the year honors last season after guiding the Tigers to a 14-0 record, is now the fourth highest-paid coach in the SEC, behind Alabama's Nick Saban, LSU's Les Miles and Arkansas' Bobby Petrino.

Its been a busy week for Auburn coach Gene Chizik. Wednesday he was in Washington D.C. to visit President Obama and take part in a ceremony honoring the Tigers’ 2010 BCS national championship. Now, comes word that the third-year coach will receive a pay raise as part of a new contract extension. The school announced Friday that Chizik will be paid $3.5 million dollars annually. He previously was making $2.2 million a year. His new extension will keep him at the school through 2015.

College football and NASCAR seems something that in some regards should fit hand-in-hand. With that in mind, according to the Birmingham News , NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Michael Waltrip will honor Auburn’s national championship by driving his usual Toyota No. 15 car with a special paint scheme to show support for the Tigers when he takes the track at Aaron’s 499 Sprint Cup race in Talladega on April 17. Can’t make the...

It pays to win – literally – when you are a college football coach. Thanks to Auburn football taking home the BCS National Championship title, head coach Gene Chizik is expected to earn a $600,000 bonus. That brings Gene Chizik’s season total performance-related compensation total for Auburn’s 14-0 season to $1.1 million according to research by Bloomberg . Chizik, who is 49-years-old and previously coached at the University of Central Florida, signed his contract with Auburn June 2009, taking less guaranteed money than six other SEC coaches according to USA Today.

Don't forget our mailbag Friday From the "Talks Too Much" studios, here we go... Heat on the brink Much-maligned Miami star LeBron James was not on the floor at the end of the Heat's 104-98 Game 4 win Wednesday. The cramps and pain in his legs had left him barely standing on the Miami bench in the final minute. What he left on the court in his 44 minutes of play was every bit as noticeable and noteworthy as his absence in the end. James was a rebound shy of a triple-double (26 points, nine rebounds, 12 assists)

The Auburn football pay-for-play scandal may turn college football on its ear and lead to heavy NCAA punishment. But this latest Auburn football scandal will also provide plenty of fodder for satire and humor. Just ask Orlando Sentinel political cartoonist Dana Summers, who is leading the satirical charge with his latest cartoon. The cartoon takes the reader inside the Auburn football locker room, where the coach points out a play on the blackboard that features Os and dollar signs.

It pays to win – literally – when you are a college football coach. Thanks to Auburn football taking home the BCS National Championship title, head coach Gene Chizik is expected to earn a $600,000 bonus. That brings Gene Chizik’s season total performance-related compensation total for Auburn’s 14-0 season to $1.1 million according to research by Bloomberg . Chizik, who is 49-years-old and previously coached at the University of Central Florida, signed his contract with Auburn June 2009, taking less guaranteed money than six other SEC coaches according to USA Today.